Calimurse

Hey Guys,

Name is Jon, from Socal. Just wanted to have a thread to show my progress on my goal of making a clean tl. Got it at 57k miles, its and 06 wdp w/ tan interior. I am not a mechanic, have probably below basic skills in that area, but I am pretty good at being able to do the jobs from the DIYs. Here are some pics of my car from the day I bought it to today. Minor changes that weren't expensive.

First some pics of my car stock, nothing done




Then I put the red vinyl lettering in the front bumper


then painted emblems red, some people like, some people hate. I like it. also debadged




I am going to plastidip the middle part of the grill so the A will look better.

Future mods
Full Aspec lip kit (ordering on the 25th of this month)
No time fram for the following probably one thing per month or so.

-Accord fog retro w/projectors
-Zkw projector lens
-Tein SS coilovers
-Tint
-Isimple or double din
-color match the silver part of the grill with the DIY grill mod
-type s spoiler
-rims

Pretty much the basics I want to get down. Any mods you think that should be done lmk I am open to ideas!

also sorry for the crappy pics just using my girls DSLR, but I plan on learning how to use it better. Will get some better pics when I get the kit on because my brother is wayyy better with a cam than I am.

guitarplayer16

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Nice plan buddy.

Love WDP!

Be sure to check out my DIYs in my sig

Redsand353

Lookin good, WDP is my favorite color now that I own one

Calimurse

Thanks man! yes it is.. both of my cars WDP..

Calimurse

thanks man.. probably will do all of those..

rockstar143

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Looks good, man...the red would flow MUCH better if you white plasti dip the grill or have it painted WDP to match...

Also, rather than straight up red, look into the anodized red made by duplicolor...went down this path 3 years ago...

Steven Bell

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Jon, nice work and upcoming work. I like the red accents.

Calimurse

dude seriously what I was thinking, I want to color match the grill WDP, and I was thinking about the anodized! Saw that after I made the first one so I just wanted to keep them on for a bit.

Also I have a plan for the grill that I dont know if anyone has done. It will take a stupid amount of time but I want to get those bottom type s grill or even the regular grill cut and put back together to make a big square with only the honeycomb material cut out to fit the grill perfect and have that instead of the small mesh openings. I think that would look super nice but would probably take a couple days to do. One of my plans.

rockstar143

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glad to hear it man...sounds like you know what's what when it comes to modding... lol..

Welcome

J.

Calimurse

thanks man, I have one other spot I wanna add a little red that I think could be either really nice, or just go horribly wrong. ahaha..

I hope so, that is going to be a project.

AnthraciteAspec

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Another socal guy nice. You should get some bumper plugs for your bumper. Also check the regional section we are having a BBQ in June.

Calimurse

I actually have one, I am just missing one so I dont wanna put it on until I get the other one. Also I will do for the bbq in June!

rockstar143

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Wow...been a while since I did this...





that was prior to the anodized stuff...obvi.

Calimurse

Nicee.. Yeah, I feel like when I repaint with the anodized paint, paint match the grill and make that custom full honeycomb grill the red will set the front and back off. I like the red A on the wheels when I painted my rims on my Prelude I did the red H with the white rims and they looked nice. Also I was thinking of a full reupholster on the seats maybe a red/black theme like the s2k seats and full black conversion of everything else.

rockstar143

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well, to be entirely honest, i quickly outgrew the look...but, if it had been ALL black and red, it would have fit a LOT better...filling in the letters in the bumper, I've just never liked.

veggiemonster

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if you do decide that, send me a pm. I totaled my tl, but have the black rear seats just sitting in my garage.

car looks good. I agree do the anodized stuff. any color looks better with more depth in my mind.

I also think you should put a fresh coat of black plastidip on your mudflaps, so they look new and fancy. I never got around to it on mine, and not that many people keep them on here.

Calimurse

Yes, I cannot wait for the finished product. I know it will look 100x better.

might try that actually before I put the aspec on. I actually think it would look nice if I color matched them WDP. Also about the seats I might actually hit you up in the near future.

RU_JELLY

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clean slate, love the wdp. just do the cheap mods first, youll be amazed how much they change your car. plasti dip grill, do interior led's, stuff like that

Calimurse

Thanks man. I am getting the aspec soon, planning out my grill, and Planning on painting my rims next week.

rockstar143

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I might be wrong, but I don't think you can use mud guards with the aspec lip kit.

Calimurse

Yeah you are probably right. I meant I would have them painted so when/if I wanted to just change the look or use them for a shoot I can have them since I get the hook up on paint (nursing school buddies dad owns a body shop), and there is probably a way a person could retro the guards to be on the same time. I actually wonder how that would look.

snake134

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dont know if i'm a fan of the red. IMO if you cleared the headlights and had some more red accents throughout the car (rims, etc.) and plasti-dipped the grille it would look a lot better

Calimurse

Yeup, I agree. My plan is to clear them out and add the ZKW lens. Also with the white grill trim that is color matched and a custom honeycomb grill with the a in the middle. I know the Red doesn't flow in the front right now but I might get the grill painted and made next week and if not next week then next month.

rockstar143

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for the guards, how low you planning to go, might not be worth it if you slam as you'll likely lose em!

Calimurse

Honestly I don't know right now, that is just an idea that I have. Also I am going to lower my car but I don't know if I am going to slam it. My old lude was pretty low and whenever someone else drove my car like my brother it would come back with breaks and scratches in the lip, plus I just don't want to have to go perpendicular to enter a slope lol since it is my DD. I would have to see how the Aspec goes on to see if I can even make it happen.

Calimurse

Going to be ordering the Aspec lip kit from Ack this friday! Can't wait.

Calimurse

Did an oil change.


also just waiting on Ack to get back to me so I can order the Aspec lip kit.

chardness

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a hammer for an oil change?!?! lol

Predatorbird

No jack stands?

Calimurse

My brother was using the hammer for his project next to me

Didn't have any just bought some.

Calimurse

Ordered the Aspec now I just have to wait.... thinking about ordering the visors too..

Calimurse

Got my lip kit yesterday couldn't get to it until 11pm. First time taking the bumper off so it took me about 3 hours to get the front and back on. Going to get the the sides in tomorrow because my brother is borrowing my car. Probably going to plasti dip the front grill this week

Steven Bell

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Aspec lip looks good-sorry it took so long.

Calimurse

Thanks man! I actually didn't mind the time because I made sure it was done right and it was my first time removing the bumpers so I can can do it in 3 mins next time I have to take them off! So the plasti dip grill is going to be a breeze.

Calimurse

got the sides on took like 5 mins each side. Wow. So much easier

Calimurse

some quick unedited pics my bro took fast
Plasti dipped the front and the silver part in the back.

Calimurse

So I need new tires so that is whats coming next, then ASAP after tein sa. On another note I wanna paint my calipers red, anyone in SoCal wanna help. Will provide food/beverage/alchy!

Calimurse

a little video my bro made, its rough but we are going to work on it.

sixsixfour

car looks good. WDP FTW!

RU_JELLY

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pretty sweet video. you roll around with your fog bulbs on all the time at night? I think it looks more aggressive with just the hid headlights on no fogs